I’m pleased with this first of many efforts in piecemeal construction using digital “lego blocks”. The inverted pyramids was a bit of surprise, I didn’t realize that I had compressed the whole layer into one layer when I hit “invert” in Photoshop. Getting my new iPad Pro in the next few days. I have the […]
After much ado about NOTHING! I am finally developing ideas again. I think it really has been about five years since I have had any real desire. I have picked away at “Conceal and Carry” tried out some manikins, tried to engineer the really difficult man flipping the manikin , and I think it’s time […]
After a long hiatus from sculpting in the studio I have returned to 3d with small steps. Earlier this year I focused on a series of pen and ink drawings based upon Inktober setups. This worked really well for about four months, but then, as always, I became bored. I think I also became depressed […]
Pretty much completed the manikin this weekend. That makes approximately one month to completion. That’s typical. I did start the torso of the street fighter and the torso of the cheerleader during this time as well. Next I’ll focus much more heavily on the street fight and sketch out the cheerleader. Expected completion dates are: […]
I’m submitting this plan to the Claymakers gallery today. It will take a year to craft if I do one full figure per month. Twelve figures and supporting wall art should be enough to communicate the idea. Of course the initial inspiration is way more grand, but truth-be-told I will be sick of crafting these […]
After much effort to clean the studio and finalize works from last year I’ve decided to go ahead and begin the “Conceal and Carry” series. Been rolling some reclaimed clay and making cylinders, now it’s time to get on it. Started with a sketch for scale and proportion referencing. Used a measuring tool to map […]
I was going to start “Conceal and Carry” but decided to try to get a few more existing works finished. This one has been sitting on the “todo” pile for quite sometime now, so here it is, before and after. It’s in the kiln as we speak getting another firing to finalizing some of the […]
A Cheerleader and men engaged: This is the core idea behind my next work that will take me into next year. “Conceal and Carry” will be the name of the series I hope I can work up many of these concepts before the wind stops blowing and my sails sag.
It’s interesting to go back and find the original sketches that inspired the creative act. I found this sketch I created as part of my design stage for the Vulcan Earth piece.
This side appears to have melted a little less into the underlying clay and shows almost no cone 6 glaze. Not certain why perhaps this side of the sculpt was positioned away from the coils of the kiln? More layering between the surface pattern and the clay? Not sure. Here is, however, a breakdown as […]
Almost forgot to vent these, I left them uncovered last night to dry, but thankfully this morning they were still wet enough to poke. Not certain about the finish here, and if the pedestand should be one piece. I guess it should be so I best cover again when I get home. Stopping by Granny’s […]
My first experience with a slip ball and it came out nice. The effect is to represent something akin to the set design from “Queen of the Night” in Amadeus, but also references the concept of stars and pearls. The Queen of the Ways represents a symbolic work that is the tragic collision of industry […]
I just crossed over that hump and am finally starting to get a flow around this development. Went out sketching on Sunday night at Cocoa Cinnamon cafe and finalize some of the details around this work. Still need to attach a head of course, and the detailing on this could take a week, but now that […]
Swimmer one of three completed this weekend. Started a new corset form and fired two bisque and 1 glaze. Will aim to complete another swimmer this weekend, and finalize a corset form. Working on researching in the background as well. Started a texture and color sample sheet and started reading my Slips book . May […]